Spring for gloves



(Model) J. PIDOE & J. RADFORD.

SPRING FOR GLOVES, 6w. No. 248,852. Patented Nov. 1,1881.

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EJNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- JOHN FIDOE AND JAMES RADFORD, OFGLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK.

SPRING FOR GLOVES, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,852, dated November1, 1881.

Application filed September 12, 1881.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, JOHN FIDOE and JAMES RADFORD, citizensof the UnitedStates otAinerica, residing at Gloversville, in the county of Fulton andState of New York, have invent ed certain new and useful Improvements inSprings for Gloves and other Purposes; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings,and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of theSpring; Fig. 2, an edge view, a portion of the band or bracelet beingbroken away; and Fig. 3, a section through the band, showing itsapplication to a glove.

Our invention relates to springs used in gauntlets and other forms ofgloves to hold the glove closely about the wrist; and it cousists in theconstruction and combination hereinafter particularly described, andthen sought to be clearly defined by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a series of plates,each one of which is slightly curved, and provided at one end with aneye, a, preferably elongated, made by punching or otherwise taking out apiece of the metal, sheet or other suitable kind, forming the plate. Theother end of the plate is provided with a hook, I), made by slitting themetal so as to form a tongue, which, when bent so as to make the hook,leaves two cars, 0, one on each side of the tongue, which ears, when theseveral plates are put together, rest upon the adjoining or contiguousplate and constitute a brace for the joint, and also prevent one platefrom being thrown backv upon the other. A series of these plates arejoined together by (ModeL) passing the tongue of one through the eye ofthe other, so as to form a hook to hold the two plates together, asclearly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. Whena number ofthese plates arejoined together, as described, with their concave faces inward, theyform a circular or curved band or bracelet, admitting of folding orwinding upon each other on the inside face of the circle without strainor tension on the band, and yet, when the'band is expanded,as soon asthe pressure is relieved the spring or elasticity of the metal bandcauses the band to contract to the size of the object it encircles, orto the circle which it normally describes; hence when such a band is setin the gauntlet or neck ot'a glove in the ordinary way, between theinside and outside portions thereof, the glove is causedto hug close tothe wrist, no padding around the spring-band is necessary, the band canbe compressed into a smaller compass without straining its parts, andthe spring is not so liable to break.

Having described our invention, what we claim is- 1. An elastic bandcomposed of a series of plates held together by a hook-and-eyefastening, so as to form a curved band adapted to fold inwardly and toexert a spring-pressure when distended, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a glove or gauntlet, of an elastic bandcomposed of a series of plates hinged together and adapted to foldinwardly, while exerting a spring-pressure when distended, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof we affiX our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

Witnesses:

DANIEL GEORGE, J AMEs DADE.

